(26737) Adambradley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 April 2001 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Adam Bradley Halverson (b. 1991) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his electrical- and mechanical-engineering project. He attends the Garretson High School, Garretson, South Dakota, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Adambradley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Adambradley is 2.13 au from the Sun and 1.49 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 26737 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 HQ28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.64 km (#13,595 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.211 |
| Rotation period | 2.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.71 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 5.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.848 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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